Usually means: Crack or split in material.
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  1. fissure: Merriam-Webster
  2. fissure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fissure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fissure: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Fissure, fissure: Wordnik
  7. fissure: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fissure: Wiktionary
  9. fissure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fissure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fissure: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. fissure: Dictionary.com
  13. fissure: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. fissure: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Fissure (dentistry), Fissure (disambiguation), Fissure (geology), Fissure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Fissure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. fissure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. fissure: Rhymezone
  19. Fissure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. fissure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. fissure: FreeDictionary.org
  22. fissure: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. fissure: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. fissure: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Fissure: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  2. fissure: Legal dictionary

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  1. fissure: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. fissure: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Fissure: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  9. fissure: Medical dictionary
  10. Fissure: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fissure: A Word A Day

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fissure: Nine Planets Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fissure: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

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  1. Fissure: Building pathology glossary
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  3. Fissure: Beauty & Health Glossary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
noun:  (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.
noun:  (anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
noun:  A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
verb:  To split, forming fissures.

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